Forgot to mention that there is a hotel in the airport terminal where flights from the US land. The train station is directly below that hotel. I got some sleep and food there before the trip to St. Jean. Very convenient.
Which language you are most comfortable with could affect your choice of flying to Paris or Madrid (or Barcelona). Especially if you want to spend some time in one of those cities before heading to SJPdP. We've only flown in and out of Barcelona...
I flew from San Francisco direct to Paris in 2022, stayed one night in Paris in a hotel right next to the airport, and then the next morning took the TGV train to Bayonne and another train from Bayonne to SJPP. You can reserve tickets using the...
I can so relate to that feeling. Guess you may have to plan another one :). I am not sure there is a cure for that feeling of loss, except to stay fit and keep on walking back home and spend time outdoors.
Moderation: been there, done that, even got the retirement umbrella 😉 (thanks @ivar, it’s saving me from the Cotswold rains just now)
I know that some here enjoy my sense of humour and appreciate my careful application of irony and, occasional...
I’m just finishing the Camino tomorrow the 21 of November. I walked almost all of the CF, including the last section from Sarria. Does it matter if you don’t get the Compostela the day you walk into Santiago but wait a day or two? November 22...
Well, honestly, there are times I ignore a poster! Sometimes, I have read one of their previous posts in the same thread and make a decision not to engage further as I don’t feel it would be productive to respond! As we know, (not a criticism)...
Thank you for this! I have hesitated to jump into this thread - after reading the posts I started to feel self-conscious that maybe people are tired of seeing MY posts, worried that I post too often. BUT, I did want to say that I personally...
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